Note 1. From Britannias Pastorals, 1616, Bk. II., Song i., lines 242280. This song is a tribute to the memory of William Ferrar, third son of Nicholas Ferrar, an eminent London merchant, who was interested in the adventures of Hawkins, Drake and Raleigh, and brother of the well-known Nicholas Ferrar (15921637), of Little Gidding, in Huntingdonshire. He died young at sea. Wither introduces him, under the pastoral name of Alexis, in The Shepherds Hunting. [back]

Note 2. Let no bird sing: Keats was evidently well acquainted with Brownes poetry; witness how excellently he uses this line in La Belle Dame Sans Merci. [back]